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Michael bishop of Herakleia (tenth/eleventh century)

 
 

Obverse

Inscription of four lines beginning with a cross. Border of dots.

+ΘΚΕ
ΟΗΘΙ

ΤΣ
ΔΛ,

Θ(εοτό)κε βοήθι τῷ σῷ δούλ(ῳ)

Reverse

Inscription of five lines. Border of dots.

ΜΙΧΑ
ΗΛΕΠΙΣ
ΚΟΠ,ΙΡΑ
ΚΛΙΑ
Σ

Μιχαὴλ ἐπισκόπ(ῳ) Ἱρακλίας

Obverse

Inscription of four lines beginning with a cross. Border of dots.

+ΘΚΕ
ΟΗΘΙ

ΤΣ
ΔΛ,

Θ(εοτό)κε βοήθι τῷ σῷ δούλ(ῳ)

Reverse

Inscription of five lines. Border of dots.

ΜΙΧΑ
ΗΛΕΠΙΣ
ΚΟΠ,ΙΡΑ
ΚΛΙΑ
Σ

Μιχαὴλ ἐπισκόπ(ῳ) Ἱρακλίας

Accession number BZS.1951.31.5.996
Diameter 27.0 mm; field: 20.0 mm
Previous Editions

DO Seals 3, no. 100.1; Laurent, Corpus V/1, no. 880. Cf. Zacos II, no. 1008.

Translation

Θεοτόκε βοήθι τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Μιχαὴλ ἐπισκόπῳ Ἱρακλίας.

Mother of God, help your servant Michael, bishop of Herakleia.

Commentary

On the bishopric of Herakleia, see the commentary to BZS 1958.106.296.

Bibliography

  • Catalogue of Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and at the Fogg Museum of Art, Vol. 3: West, Northwest, and Central Asia Minor and the Orient (Open in Zotero)
  • Le Corpus des sceaux de l’empire byzantin (Open in Zotero)
  • Byzantine Lead Seals, Vol. 2 (Open in Zotero)
  • Dictionnaire d’histoire et de géographie ecclésiastiques (Open in Zotero)
  • Catalogue of the Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and at the Fogg Museum of Art, Vol. 2: South of the Balkans, the Islands, South of Asia Minor (Open in Zotero)
  • Les îles de l’empire byzantin: VIIIe-XIIe siècles (Open in Zotero)
  • Nikopolis und Kephallenia (Open in Zotero)